Timothy Misselbeck, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Allentown, PANPI 1134399801
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — speaking fees (34.9%), travel and lodging and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 32 manufacturers reported payments, led by La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company at 39.6% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $31,260, 2.3 times the $13,615 reported in 2019. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in PA with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 692 payments — averaging $202.18 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company$55K
- Medtronic$19K
- Abbott$17K
- Edwards Lifesciences$16K
- Johnson & Johnson$8K
- Synthes USA Products LLC$6K
- plus $19K from 26 others
Across 21 payments — averaging $4961.64 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Medtronic$104K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$18,92014%
- Speaking & faculty fees$48,78835%
- Travel & lodging$37,55827%
- Food & beverage$34,64425%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company | 40 | $55,335 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 86 | $18,789 |
| Abbott | 149 | $16,698 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | 161 | $15,989 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 6 | $7,737 |
| Synthes USA Products LLC | 4 | $6,469 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 56 | $5,826 |
| Abiomed | 107 | $4,095 |
| Mentor Worldwide LLC | 14 | $1,767 |
| Davol Inc. | 8 | $1,659 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 22 | $1,558 |
| Philips North America LLC | 2 | $647 |
| Stryker | 3 | $589 |
| Bolton Medical Inc | 5 | $450 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $292 |
| Kerecis Limited | 2 | $253 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 3 | $219 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 1 | $190 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 1 | $177 |
| Boston Scientific | 3 | $169 |
| Corcym Inc | 3 | $149 |
| Shockwave Medical, Inc | 1 | $141 |
| Livanova USA, Inc. | 1 | $123 |
| Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. | 1 | $115 |
| Cvrx, Inc. | 1 | $113 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 1 | $105 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $94 |
| Haemonetics Corporation | 2 | $61 |
| Surgical Specialties Corporation (US), Inc. (dba Corza Medical) | 1 | $46 |
| Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation | 1 | $24 |
| Teleflex LLC | 1 | $18 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 1 | $15 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- GIAPREZA$55,057
- COREVALVE EVOLUT R$8,794
- CoreValve Evolut$5,935
- THORATEC HEARTMATE 3 LVAS IMPLANT KIT$4,104
- SAPIEN 3 Ultra RESILIA$2,340
- HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Dev$2,292
- MitraClip$1,860
- Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve$1,728
- TRICLIP$1,581
- MENTOR MemoryGel Resterilizable Gel Sizer$1,562
- PROGEL$1,517
- Epic$1,233
- Impella$1,218
- ARTOURA Breast Tissue Expander$1,158
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$1,109
- Valiant Captivia$1,070
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$1,029
- INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve$944
- Kerecis Omega3 Marigen$870
- AngioVac$850
How this compares
$139,910 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 314 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in Pennsylvania.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Mupirocin | 38 | $243 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Allentown
- Joseph BavariaAllentown$1.7M
- James WuAllentown$24K
- Basel RamlawiWynnewood$1.1M
- Patrick RossWynnewood$956K
- Mark AndersonPhiladelphia$527K
- Scott GoldmanWynnewood$354K
- Frank BowenCamp Hill$310K
- Michael AckerPhiladelphia$271K
- Wilson SzetoPhiladelphia$252K
- Inderpal SarkariaPittsburgh$248K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.